Delayed Sahel rainfall and global seasonal cycle in a warmer climate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Biasutti, Michela ^a   Sobel, Adam H ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODEL; CURRENT GENERATION; GLOBAL RAINFALL; RAINY SEASONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SEMI ARID;

GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 72049118822     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041303     Document Type: Article

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